This message is posted to several lists. We apologize if you receive multiple copies. Please forward it to everyone who might be interested. Hope to see you at the conference. Vicky Markstein, IEEE CS Bioinformatics Technical Chair Bioinformatics@computer.org office: 650-851-4588 mobile: 650-269-1635 fax: 650-851-8643

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The 2nd International Conference on Computational Systems Bioinformatics (CSB2003) Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and in-cooperation with the ACM August 11 - August 14, 2003 Stanford University, CA

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Dear Colleague: It is our great pleasure to invite you to attend the 2nd International Conference on Computational Systems Bioinformatics (CSB2003, at Stanford University from August 11 - 14, 2003. CSB2003 features an exciting program of tutorials, keynotes, distinguished invited speakers, strongly refereed papers, posters, special interest meetings and workshops. Final program is now available on our website: http://conferences.computer.org/bioinformatics On Monday, August 11, we present 10 half-day tutorials taught by recognized leaders in diverse areas of computational biology and bioinformatics. Our three keynote speakers come from academic, industry and government to take us to the forefront of computational sciences and genomic biology. The abstracts for the 28 selected papers, posters, 9 invited speakers and 3 keynotes are now available at http://conferences.computer.org/bioinformatics/CSB2003/Program.html Evening Events Memorial Auditorium, Tuesday, August 12, 7:00 PM A Bioethics Panel -Dangerous Knowledge - New attention to the use of infectious disease for terrorism and for warfare has increased attention to both the newly salient costs as well as the benefits of new knowledge about infectious disease. Our panel discussion will address these issues of science, secrecy and security in a newly anxious age. Stanford Faculty Club, Wednesday, August 13, 6:00 PM DOE Genomes to Life Project dinner/workshop. Three Special Interest Groups (SIG) will meet at 7:00 PM just after the opening ceremony on August 11, 2003. More information will be posted on the website as soon as we receive it. The SIGs are: Computational Systems Bioinformatics and BioSciences (SIG CSBB) by Dr. Stephen Wong; organ ontologies related to the Digital Human project (SIG CSBOO); and High Performance Computing (SIG CSBHPC). Please let us know if you are interested in attending any of the SIGs and if you would like to propose a new SIG. INFORMATION UPDATE: =================== ******Submission Deadline for Papers and Posters is now closed*******